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A standard database access method developed by Microsoft. The goal of ODBC is to make it possible to access any data from any application, regardless of which database management system (DBMS) is handling the data.
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Term used to describe being actively connected to the Internet. You are probably 'online' right now. Can also be used in the context of having the capability to connect to the Internet, i.e.; "Can you go online?".
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Opposite of Online. Used to describe a state of not being actively connected to the Internet. When you collect your email and log-off to read it, you are browsing your email 'offline'.
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Open Source Software is software for which the underlying programming code is available to the users so that they may read it, make changes to it, and build new versions of the software incorporating their changes. There are many types of Open Source Software, mainly differing in the licensing term under which (altered) copies of the source code may (or must be) redistributed.
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The most important program that runs on a computer. Every general-purpose computer must have an operating system to run other programs. Operating systems perform basic tasks, such as recognizing input from the keyboard, sending output to the display screen, keeping track of files and directories on the disk, and controlling peripheral devices such as disk drives and printers. Windows XP is an example of an operating system.
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